{"id":1772,"date":"2014-03-31T14:21:42","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T14:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2015-10-27T13:24:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T13:24:17","slug":"from-the-far-far-northwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/from-the-far-far-northwest\/","title":{"rendered":"From the far, far northwest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1773\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-627.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1773\" alt=\"Inupiat of King Island, Alaska\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-627.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-627.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-627-285x300.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inupiat of King Island, Alaska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-627b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1774\" alt=\"aaaMystrySolvd-627b\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-627b.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-627b.jpg 300w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/aaaMystrySolvd-627b-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Q<\/strong>:\u00a0I have several King Island masks like this is one.\u00a0The estate I got if from was of a man that was very well off and loved to fish for Coho. He was in his 90\u2019s so I expect he got this mask many years ago. \u00a0I picked up a few Alaskan treats from the estate. I do not need a full appraisal but it would be great if you could tell me a $ range so I can note it in my insurance folder. This particular mask is 7.25 in high, 5 in wide and 3.75 in to tip of nose. The mouth is 2 in, the eyes 1.25 in. The wood is a soft wood, smells like a pine. Jim, 667<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong>: You are lucky to have this beautifully carved piece.<!--more--> I would guess your mask was made on King Island by an especially talented Inupiat carver about 50 or more years ago and sold later in Nome to an American visitor. The wear, insect damage and paint loss do not spoil the artistic impact of this piece, at least not to me. Because of the carving&#8217;s quality I have also posted the photo you sent of the back as well as the front view. Rarely do carvers go to this much effort!\u00a0 <strong>A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sorry, I only do appraisals for a fee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0I have several King Island masks like this is one.\u00a0The estate I got if from was of a man that was very well off and loved to fish for Coho. He was in his 90\u2019s so I expect he got this mask many years ago. \u00a0I picked up a few Alaskan treats from the estate. I do not need a full appraisal but it would be great if you could tell me a $ range so I can note it in my insurance folder. This particular mask is 7.25 in high, 5 in wide and 3.75 in to tip of nose. The mouth is 2 in, the eyes 1.25 in. The wood is a soft wood, smells like a pine. Jim, 667 A: You are lucky to have this beautifully carved piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-native-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3375,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions\/3375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}